George Washington (for you Democrats out there, he was the 1st President of the United States in the year 1789) thought that the citizens had a duty to preserve freedom, and he knew that freedom has a cost. He didn’t take anything lightly as those were precarious and dangerous times, just as we have precarious and dangerous times currently.
“A free people ought not only be armed and disciplined, but they should have sufficient arms and ammunition to maintain a status of independence from any who might attempt to abuse them, which would include their own government.” – George Washington
The 2nd Amendment reads “A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arm shall not be infringed.” is as relevant today as it was in the 1700’s.
It’s in black and white, repeatedly. The 2nd Amendment is the enforcement tool to preserve our Constitutional Republic from Democracy and tyranny.
And we the people are legally allowed by the laws enshrined in the Constitution to wield that tool when required.